Winter Gala

[justaddh2o]

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Jeopardy
WHEN: Saturday, December 21 from 5:00 p.m. onward into the early morning hours of Sunday, December 22.
WHAT: The Winter Gala Fundraiser for Jeopardy Relief Efforts
WARNINGS: Please include any necessary warnings in your TLs.
NOTES: This post will serve as a catch-all for logs for the entire event (though you’re also welcome to post things elsewhere, of course).

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Well, mostly. In the wake of a near-apocalyptic event, the city of Jeopardy is in need. What started out as an idea to advertise Rikki Chadwick's burgeoning business, after a little more planning and nabbing some ideas from Kenzi's post, she and Rupert have reconfigured and rebranded their idea to focus less on her and more on the relief effort.


Characters will enter the venue after giving a small donation at the door and they will be greeted by a large room lit in blues, soft pinks, and purples. From the ceilings hang snowflakes made of glass. The centerpieces are also made of glass. Come to think of it, nearly all the decorations are made of glass. Except, that is, the mistletoe hanging from several of the rafters and archways. A buffet-style dinner will be served from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at which point, the buffet tables and seating tables will be cleared away to make room for the makeshift stage for the DJ and a gigantic dance floor.

Drinks will be flowing, music will be playing, and people will be bidding on silent auctions to win everything from one of the centerpieces to a date with their favorite imPort and everything in between. So, eat, drink, and be merry until you can't stay awake any longer. Why not? It's all for a good cause, after all.

Comments

[h2no]

...Is my face really that bad?

[heliophilic]

[M shakes his head, seeing as this is really bugging Archie.]

Nah, it's just so completely different than what I'm used to.

If I shaved my head tomorrow, it would be just a bit of a change, wouldn't it?

...Care to tell me what happened?

[h2no]

[he tilts his head for a moment, thinking.]

You're already half shaved... [...] It would be weird if Apollo shaved his head! Can you imagine it? I bet his head is a weird shape.

[archie, that's his boyfriend you're talking about!]

Body swap bullshit.

[heliophilic]

He claims he can't cut his hair because of his healing factor or something.

[M's tone suggests he doesn't fully believe him.]

Ah. Who hates you?

[h2no]

That's full on bullshit.

[archie doesn't either, he just has the lack of tact to say it out loud.]

Guzma. My loving ex-husband. I got a tattoo on his ass, though, so I guess we're even.

[heliophilic]

Go at him with scissors and find out.

[Because there's no way that wouldn't be funny.]

Did I miss a shameful Vegas mistake wedding, Archie?

[h2no]

I did talk to Darin about gettin' a sick mechanical arm if I lost a limb...

[archie, no.]

Aw, M! Ya did! I thought I told ya!

[heliophilic]

You would lose your arm doing something that stupid.

[Real talk, from bro to bro. Buy more brain cells and less arms.]

You did not. I am ashamed of you. [A beat.] For not telling me, not for the bad life choices.

That's a wash at this point.

[h2no]

I refuse to believe that any limb loss on your end, M, wouldn't be directly after shouting "watch this!"

[huff huff, but it's true. he hasn't lost an arm yet, though!]

Ach, 'least it didn't fuck up anythin'. Married a pal, we're on good terms even though I ended it. Hardly counts as a bad life choice. Just... a choice, I guess!

[heliophilic]

Only if the fight computer told me it was the best option.

[He isn't entirely sure he wouldn't regrow an arm if he lost one. It would take forever, and leave him at a disadvantage for far too long, but it's possible.

Even he doesn't know the full extent of the science performed on him.]

Why get married in the first place, then?

[h2no]

...Do you think that would ever be a thing?

[that's a genuine question; he has no idea m could regrow it.]

We could get matching robot arms! [no] Ah, neither of us actually remember it. Drunken mistake. It happens, some times.

[only to you, archie.]

[heliophilic]

[M nods.]

I'm damn good at my job, but that doesn't mean that in order to get the job done I wouldn't have to make some sacrifices.

[He has bled in the name of winning a fight. It isn't a stretch to see it going further.]

I know I'm not exactly the most knowledgeable when it comes to these sorts of things, but I'm pretty damn sure that that is absolutely not how it works.

[h2no]

Wild.

[also horrifying that he'd do that without question, but archie doesn't want to go there.]

...Wasn't it the plotline in like three of those soaps I watched with you and Apollo?

[heliophilic]

[Dude's got some whacked morals, Archie. This shouldn't be a surprise to you at this point.]

And weren't they terrible contrived garbage?

[h2no]

[it's not the revelation so much he's still upset that it's something m would do to himself-- that's a horror that'll never go away. not when he loves him as he does.]

Yes. That's exactly what our marriage was, too.

[heliophilic]

[The joys of being a science experiment.]

I thought you said you liked the guy.

[h2no]

It's a complicated relationship.

[heliophilic]

So I'm learning.

[And he thought him and Apollo were complicated.]